Ick. Movie.
Dec. 23rd, 2004 09:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusWe're watching Legends of the Fall.
I truly loathe this movie. It's utterly overblown, manipulative emotional crap. I hate the music, the way the strings wind up at just the "right" moments. I really hate the cliched plot and thin emotions.
It's only worth watching because the cinematography is beautiful, and so are the actors.
Wow. This movie sucks. And I'm watching with someone who loves it.
I remember now. The last time I watched it, I walked out.
*whimpers*
ETA: Maybe someone will die dramatically and the movie will end soon. Please.
ETA2: Ugh. And the boys are commenting over it, like this is a good movie. Kill me now.
ETA3: Oh, the movie keeps getting worse and worse. This is lame. Please, somebody die of consumption.
ETA4: My god. What did they do? Write a list of cliches and just hit them one by one? *gah! Sporks eyes out.*
ETA5: Aha! Not consumption! A stroke! Damn it, he's not dead. Oh right, the movie ends when the woman dies of consumption. Well, maybe I can hurry things along. (Takes aim....)
I truly loathe this movie. It's utterly overblown, manipulative emotional crap. I hate the music, the way the strings wind up at just the "right" moments. I really hate the cliched plot and thin emotions.
It's only worth watching because the cinematography is beautiful, and so are the actors.
Wow. This movie sucks. And I'm watching with someone who loves it.
I remember now. The last time I watched it, I walked out.
*whimpers*
ETA: Maybe someone will die dramatically and the movie will end soon. Please.
ETA2: Ugh. And the boys are commenting over it, like this is a good movie. Kill me now.
ETA3: Oh, the movie keeps getting worse and worse. This is lame. Please, somebody die of consumption.
ETA4: My god. What did they do? Write a list of cliches and just hit them one by one? *gah! Sporks eyes out.*
ETA5: Aha! Not consumption! A stroke! Damn it, he's not dead. Oh right, the movie ends when the woman dies of consumption. Well, maybe I can hurry things along. (Takes aim....)
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Date: 2004-12-23 09:57 pm (UTC)Ack! Another cliche! He's bootlegging, oh the bad boy.
It hurts, it really does.
How about that -- the classic moment when the barren woman who married another man meets her ex's kid, who, oh coincidence of coincidences, happens to be named after her other dead ex, just like she was going to name her son if she had kids.
The writing is horrid. Just... how can they keep a straight face?
Icarus
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Date: 2004-12-23 10:03 pm (UTC)*shudders at the memory* Julia Ormond can not act either!
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Date: 2004-12-23 11:43 pm (UTC)The father comes running out.
It's bang your head against the wall awful. And I mostly kept a straight face through the entire thing, because these two mushball guys of mine were both deeply moved.
*thunk, thunk* I've gotta watch something dark and cynical just to get the cloying smell out of the air.
Icarus